The winners of the 2021/22 Scientific Research Council (SRC) Essay, Oratory, Poster, and Performing Arts Competition will be announced on Friday (March 4). The top-three entrants in each category will be awarded for their outstanding and creative interpretations of science and technology at a ceremony scheduled for the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall in St. Andrew, beginning at 1:00...

Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has announced that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will pay an Official Visit to Jamaica over the period 22nd to 24th March 2022. A News Release from King’s House said that the Visit is part of the celebrations to mark the 70th Anniversary (Platinum Jubilee) of the Coronation of Her Majesty The...

The Government has identified land in St. Catherine to construct a state-of-the-art correctional facility. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Sugar Corporation of Jamaica has been “quite generous” in providing approximately 300 acres, “so that we can build a proper modern [facility].” He was responding to questions during Tuesday’s (March 1) meeting...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said that the public-sector compensation restructuring exercise will better enable the Government to recruit and retain talented and experienced persons in the civil service. He was addressing Tuesday’s (March 1) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, which is deliberating the 2022/23 Estimates of...

The Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) has launched a new certification programme for professionals in the tourism industry. The Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA) is an internationally recognised resource for managers and a critical certification for final-year students going into tourism and hospitality management. Speaking at the virtual launch on February 25, Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF),...

A sum of $31 million has been earmarked in the 2022/2023 tourism budget to support Jamaica’s creative and cultural industries. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure while addressing the premiere of the film ‘Link Up’ at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Western Jamaica Campus (WJC) in Montego Bay, St. James, on Sunday (February 27)....

The issuing of identification cards (IDs) under the National Identification System (NIDS) will begin through a pilot programme to be undertaken in Kingston and St. Andrew. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the exercise is expected to kick off “early in the second half of this year”. He was speaking during...